Not long after the "poisoning" incident, the Tian family contributed another joke that spread in Linshui Village and surrounding villages.

Meng Tao learned all this from the educated youth's jokes. The more chaotic the Tian family was, the happier she would be. But she had no time to watch live performances. She had a lot of things to do and was busy every day from morning to night.

After the grain was distributed, the weather turned cold and there was even less work in the production team. If you didn't take the initiative to fight for it, you would generally have nothing to do. The educated youth could not compete with the old members, and at this time of year every year, apart from chopping some firewood and storing it for the winter, they were all idle, either reading books, playing cards, knitting sweaters, and doing needlework in the dormitory, or going out for a walk and visiting fellow educated youth from other teams to play with.

Meng Tao lived with the educated youth. Before she became Meng Taohua, she grew up in the city. Her living habits were similar to those of the educated youth. Those who didn't know her would think she was also an educated youth. The educated youth who lived with her didn't find it strange because they saw Meng Taohua's strong learning ability. They knew everything they taught her, and they could learn it quickly. So it was natural for her to imitate their living habits and learn their fastidiousness and meticulousness.

However, Meng Tao always reminds herself: You are Meng Taohua now, a real country girl. Even if you are pretending, you have to act like one and not stray too far from your rural attributes, which will arouse suspicion from those who have ulterior motives.

Therefore, she did not enjoy a relaxing vacation like the other educated youth, but found things to do for herself, like other rural wives and girls. Today she pickled vegetables and dried radishes, tomorrow she made sauces, and every few days she went to Daqing Mountain to chop wood or pick wild walnuts and rice seeds. She also took out the lemons that she had collected and stored in the space, saying that they were picked recently. After washing, she used a winnowing basket to dry them in the sun, and prepared a ceramic jar to pickle them.

At night, she had to go to literacy classes, or learn to knit, pick up scissors and use needle and thread to sew old clothes, make two pairs of insoles, cut the uppers, sew the soles... All these were done based on the memory left by Meng Taohua. It was a little difficult for Meng Tao to get started, just like when she first started to do farm work with a hoe and sickle. She was very unskilled, but she did it slowly, treating it as a handicraft class, and she had the patience.

The educated youth were somewhat influenced by Meng Tao's busyness like a little bee. The male educated youth always went up the mountain to chop a few bundles of firewood before relaxing and playing. The female educated youth followed Meng Tao to make some pickled vegetables and salted radishes. In previous years, they would directly exchange things with the villagers for food, but this year they also bought a few small jars and made them themselves.

This year, the team distributed a lot of cabbage. Some of it was pickled and most of it was kept for later consumption. Meng Tao became interested and taught the female educated youth how to make Korean-style kimchi. She had learned this from a close friend before. That close friend was a good eater and had a very picky palate. She added seasonings by herself and made very delicious kimchi. After learning from her, Meng Tao felt that she was still not as good as her, but she knew the seasoning recipe, so she taught it to the educated youth.

However, the conditions were limited at the moment and the collected seasonings were not complete, so Meng Tao used space peppers and scooped a small half cup of space pine needle dew to add in for seasoning. The result was a delicious taste, and the group of people could no longer do without this kimchi. Every time they cooked, they subconsciously added more food and ate until their stomachs were full. They complained while eating. If this continued, there would definitely not be enough food until the summer grain came out next year. It was all Taohua's fault. It was all Taohua's fault for teaching them how to make kimchi. By then, they would have to advance food from the production team.

Meng Tao was speechless. Is it wrong to share delicious food? Okay, then I won't show the things in my space anymore.

After collecting the pine needle dew in an enamel basin, Meng Tao tied a gourd ladle to the other end of a long bamboo pole, slowly scooped it out bit by bit, and went to the commune supply and marketing cooperative to buy a new ceramic jar specifically for holding the pine needle dew.

It tastes especially good when used to cook rice and dishes, and it's definitely good for the body. The educated youth only ate a little bit as a seasoning, and they all looked energetic, and their state was very different from before. Of course, this was also related to the fact that they often ate the food given by Meng Tao. For example, if they helped Meng Tao with some work, Meng Tao would cook more dishes and treat everyone to a meal. Or if they were caught eating candy, Meng Tao would give them a few. These all came from the space.

Qian Liang's rhinitis was cured, and He Huijuan, who used to catch colds frequently, had forgotten what a cold was. During dinner, Xu Guoliang mentioned that his hemorrhoids seemed to have disappeared. For some reason, he had been able to go to the toilet very smoothly recently without any flare-ups. Everyone at the table frowned and glared at him. Jiang Limei scolded him for being disgusting, and He Huijuan kicked him twice. Xu Guoliang just laughed it off.

Meng Tao usually worked with the educated youth, did housework with them when she returned home, and helped each other when needed, but she did not eat with them. She refused the educated youth's invitations, and her reason was very direct: I suffered a lot in the Tian family before, and I was malnourished and too weak, so I needed to eat in a special kitchen to supplement my nutrition.

So she was not stingy with the oil when cooking, and she used sugar and cloth coupons to exchange eggs with the village aunties, soaked milk powder and ate milk candy, and steamed a few pieces of cured chicken or sausages from time to time. The educated youth found out and were used to it. After all, they had received two large packages sent from the provincial capital, so how could they miss out on good things?

The nutrition was well-replenished, as she was getting better and better. She was gaining weight, becoming stronger, and her skin became smoother and fairer. Even her dry and frizzy hair became smooth. Her face was white with a rosy glow, and she looked healthy and pretty. She was completely different from when she had just left the Tian family.

Meng Tao was also quite satisfied with her educated youth "roommates". Although each of them had different personalities and tempers, and occasionally there would be minor conflicts, none of them were bad people, and they would not make up stories out of nothing. Their values ​​were relatively correct, and they all got along well with each other.

The only bad thing is that all the eight educated youths have only high school education and very good grades. Zhao Ming wants to give Meng Tao special lessons, and others also join in the teaching. Meng Tao has established a personality of loving learning from the beginning, so she definitely couldn't refuse at this time. Surrounded by so many "teachers", she has to cooperate with them and get full marks every time she is tested, perfectly interpreting "How a child prodigy appears". She is really miserable.

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